Health Leadership (SSC)

This SSC aims to prepare students for the challenges facing all healthcare systems. The curriculum informed by core areas identified by the NHS Leadership Academy in their healthcare leadership model, and provides medical students with the opportunity to acquire an overview of principles of healthcare management and leadership. This will enable future graduates to develop an understanding of issues related the administration and leadership of international healthcare systems, with a particular emphasis on the NHS. Students will gain insight into the values that underpin effective health service management, such as critical thinking, as well as the impact of economic, environmental, social, technological, political, legal and ethical concerns.